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Minton Majolica Neo Classical Jardiniere c.1860, designed by Professor Gottfried Semper.
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Minton Majolica Neo Classical Jardiniere c.1860 designed by Professor Gottfried Semper.
Height: 27cm Diameter: 54cm
Shape no. 532
A similar example is illustrated in ' Majolica Mania' Exhibition Catalogue Bard Graduate Centre Curatorial Advisor, Nicolaus BOSTON, Volume 1, Page 178
Similar example (with yellow ground) held in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum
Professor Gottfried Semper (German 1803-1879) professor of architecture, author and art critic. Participated in the 1849 May Uprising in Dresden and later fled to London (1850-1855). When revolutionaries were granted amnesty, he returned to Germany in 1862.